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quarto Definition

quarto (kwôrt′ō)

noun pl. -·tos

  1. the page size of a book made up of sheets each of which is folded twice to form four leaves, or eight pages, about nine by twelve inches in size
  2. a book made of pages folded in this way

Etymology: < L (in) quarto < in, in + quarto, abl. of quartus, fourth: see quart

adjective

having four (quarto) leaves to the sheet

quarto Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • play: Most of these link to the earliest quarto of each play.
  • leave: This was originally published as a blackletter quarto of ten leaves, and is the first to give the author's name.

Preposition: on

  • subject: Over 500 folios and large quartos on arts subjects received among the new books between 1861 and 1883.

Adjective modifier

  • early: Also, any number of these errors were repeated without question from the earlier quartos.
  • second: Notes [ 1 ] The second quarto ( 1604 ) provides the only source for this passage.
  • large: Over 500 folios and large quartos on arts subjects received among the new books between 1861 and 1883.
  • first: The first quarto of Hamlet offers its audience an interesting new way of looking at an extremely familiar text.
  • rare: There is a rare quarto giving the pleadings at the Council of Constance.

Modifies a noun

  • edition: Drop down list 3 allows you to select a specific copy of the quarto edition selected.
  • volume: The notes, incidentally, have been preserved in 12 quarto volumes in the Medical Library.
  • page: Attribution to Shakespeare: Based on the 1600 quarto title page.
  • version: However, Robert Miola's edition of the play is based on the quarto version set in Florence rather than the later Anglicization.
  • text: When completed, 70 % of the surviving quarto texts will be available as digital resources.
  • paper: Properly typed on quarto paper rather than ' written in longhand on the backs of brown paper bags ' .

Noun used with modifier

  • crown: Crown quarto: book format, trimmed page size 246 x 189 mm, frequently an economical choice for illustrated books.